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SFPD outlines citywide pedestrian safety push as fatalities and staffing drive strategy
Summary
San Francisco Police Department leaders told the Police Commission the city will expand education, engineering and enforcement to reduce pedestrian injuries and fatalities, citing 8 pedestrian deaths year-to-date, data-sharing with MTA and plans for automated enforcement and new handheld citation devices.
The San Francisco Police Department presented a citywide pedestrian safety strategy to the Police Commission on June 26, saying it will pair targeted enforcement with engineering and neighborhood education to reduce injuries and deaths.
Chief Gregory Pease summarized the department's approach as the three 'Es': engineering, education and enforcement. He told commissioners the department has focused operations on five primary collision factors identified in a Department of Public Health study and is sharing collision data with the Municipal Transportation Agency through a platform called Crossroads to speed up engineering remedies such as retiming…
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